Critical thinking and student well-being: an approach in university students

dc.contributor.authorVázquez Parra, José Carlos
dc.contributor.authorSuárez Brito, Paloma
dc.contributor.authorAlonso-Galicia, Patricia Esther
dc.contributor.authorEchaniz Barrondo, Arantza
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-28T10:12:29Z
dc.date.available2025-05-28T10:12:29Z
dc.date.issued2023-10-31
dc.date.updated2025-05-28T10:12:29Z
dc.description.abstractHuman well-being is a dynamic and changing concept as it depends on personal, social, cultural, and political factors and varies over time according to individual circumstances. Therefore, it is essential to address this issue from a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach, seeking that individuals, from an early age, manage to develop skills and attitudes that allow them to achieve a balance in their lives. This article presents the results of the measurement of students’ perceived achievement of the competence of complex thinking in a subject focused on human development. Specifically, the research sought to identify whether there is a relationship between the level of critical thinking and the acquisition of skills associated with human well-being. The selection of critical thinking is based on the fact that this cognitive ability is one of the subcompetencies included in complex thinking. The sample was a group of university students from different disciplines and educational levels. Methodologically, descriptive analyses were made on the means of students’ responses to a validated instrument measuring the perceived achievement of complex thinking competency and its subcompetencies and the final evaluations of the students’ course. In conclusion, an improvement in the perception of achievement of complex thinking competency and its subcompetencies is demonstrated in the students, with critical thinking that achieved the best means, its increase being significant for the whole group and for women but not for men. In this sense, although it was not possible to demonstrate a statistically significant relationship between the development of this subcompetency and the acquisition of tools associated with well-being, data showing a possible association between these elements were obtained.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors acknowledge the financial support from Tecnologico de Monterrey through the “Challenge-Based Research Funding Program 2022”. Projects ID # I001-IFE001-C1-T1–E.en
dc.identifier.citationVázquez-Parra, J. C., Suárez-Brito, P., Alonso-Galicia, P. E., & Echaniz-Barrondo, A. (2023). Critical thinking and student well-being: an approach in university students. Societies, 13(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/SOC13110232
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/SOC13110232
dc.identifier.eissn2075-4698
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/2850
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
dc.rights© 2023 by the authors
dc.subject.otherComplex thinking
dc.subject.otherCritical thinking
dc.subject.otherEducational innovation
dc.subject.otherHigher education
dc.subject.otherHuman well-being
dc.titleCritical thinking and student well-being: an approach in university studentsen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.issue11
oaire.citation.titleSocieties
oaire.citation.volume13
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
oaire.versionVoR
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